DR SHERRI TENPENNY WITH REINETTE SENUM: WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS

We’ve seen AI algorithms create mostly-believable pictures of people’s headshots, works of art, news articles, and even pokémon. But now a team of scientists is taking things a step further, with an algorithm to generate the entire genetic code of nonexistent people. Using a type of AI called a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN), in which two algorithms rapidly generate some sort of output, check their work against real-world examples, and refine things as they go, the team […]